FRIENDLIES

By ROGER PANTING

Bristol........................... 14pts

Tries: Davies 27, Marmion 56
Conversions: MacGinty 27, 56
Crusaders.................... 31pts

Tries: Springer 39, 51; Aumua 62, 66; Hotham 78
Conversions: Reihana 39, 51; Kemara 62
BRISTOL billed this match against the 12-time Super Rugby champions from Christchurch as being an exhibition but if fans expected a repeat of the 101-point thriller against Bath in their last appearance at Ashton Gate then they were to be disappointed.
Instead they were treated to a hard-fought encounter as one would expect from New Zealand ...